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Community Supporters Turn Up In Hundreds At Shakti Musical Fundraiser

Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 10:17 am | Shakti Community Council

On Saturday 29 May 2021, approximately 400 people gathered to attend ‘Ragas Of Devi Presents: Shakti’, a musical fundraiser in aid of Shakti Community Council Inc. held at Mt Eden War Memorial Hall. The event organized by survivor and musician ... More >>

Butterfly & Snail Chase The Sun: A Children’s Ebook Fundraising For Shakti Community Council Inc

Saturday, 15 August 2020, 2:09 pm | Shakti Community Council

New Zealand opera singer Imogen Thirlwall, currently working in Germany, has written and illustrated a children's ebook now available on Amazon Kindle. Revenue from ebook sales will be donated to Shakti Community Council Incorporated, a non-profit organisation ... More >>

Shakti calls for pay equity for NGO sector

Monday, 15 October 2018, 4:05 pm | Shakti Community Council

Shakti calls for pay equity for NGO sector With the recent pay equity settlement for Oranga Tamariki workers, Shakti echoes the distressed concerns of Anglican Trust for Women and Children and Barnados. The widening of the pay gap between the NGO ... More >>

Shakti calls for pay equity for NGO sector

Monday, 15 October 2018, 3:13 pm | Shakti Community Council

With the recent pay equity settlement for Oranga Tamariki workers, Shakti echoes the distressed concerns of Anglican Trust for Women and Children and Barnados. The widening of the pay gap between the NGO sector and government will result in further ... More >>

“Break Free” Handbook to be launched

Thursday, 9 March 2017, 11:52 am | Shakti Community Council

Shakti Youth Unit is celebrating International Women’s Day this year by launching the “Break Free” handbook for migrant and refugee youth experiencing family violence. The handbook, which is the first of its kind, will be launched at an event hosted ... More >>

Migrant women say “No Equality Without Diversity”

Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 3:16 pm | Shakti Community Council

Press release: Migrant women say “No Equality Without Diversity” to mark International Women’s Day 2017 More >>

Campaign to Bridge the Gap between migrant youth and parents

Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 3:50 pm | Shakti Community Council

Auckland is becoming more ethnically diverse but more needs to be done to resolve intergenerational cultural conflicts in migrant families. Shakti is premiering short films to “Bridge the Gap” between migrant adults and young people at 6pm, Friday ... More >>

Shakti launches “Find Your Voice” campaign

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 2:17 pm | Shakti Community Council

After the brutal murder of Farhat Rana and Sidra Noor in Ranui last year[1], Shakti decided to initiate a campaign, in honour of Sidra, to support children and young people living in violent homes. Sidra’s sister, Rida Noor will be speaking at the ... More >>

Love Shouldn’t Hurt – Tackling Abuse in Ethnic Communities

Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:52 am | Shakti Community Council

A new national resource launching on Friday hopes to address a lack of awareness and understanding about family violence in Asian, African, Middle Eastern communities in New Zealand. More >>

Two immigrant women’s lives lost, Government still silent

Monday, 2 December 2013, 1:11 pm | Shakti Community Council

In November, 2 Asian migrant women were violently murdered in Wellington, both it is known were victims of domestic violence. One was Mei Fan, mother of 2 children. The most recent was Sarwan Lata Singh, who was stabbed in her own home. Both had ... More >>

Founder Of Shakti Rejects Unfounded Allegations

Friday, 5 March 2004, 3:25 pm | Shakti Community Council

Media Statement on behalf of Farida Sultana and Shakti Community Council Inc 5 March 2003 More >>

Advocate Group Adamant The Leak Not Theirs

Friday, 5 March 2004, 3:22 pm | Shakti Community Council

The Shakti Community Council, a human rights advocacy group that provided significant support for Youth A prior to her deportation to Sri Lanka, wishes to make it very clear that its members were not involved in releasing the information/guinea pig ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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